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The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)

The Bridegroom, the Actress, and the Pimp (1968)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1968, October 10
Directors: Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Countries: Germany
Production: Janus Film und Fernsehen, Janus Film und Fernsehen, Janus Film und Fernsehen
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Irm Hermann, Kristin Peterson, Lilith Ungerer, Jimmy Powell

Overview:

Three sequences are linked together in this short film by Straub; the first sequence is a long tracking shot from a car of prostitutes plying their trade on the night-time streets of Germany; the second is a staged play, cut down to 10 minutes by Straub and photographed in a single take; the final sequence covers the marriage of James and Lilith, and Lilith’s subsequent execution of her pimp, played by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. "The film is a look entirely at Western decadence" - Jean-Marie Straub.